[Dixielandjazz] On Woody Allen's musianship

[Norman Vickers]

Re:  Brian Harvey's comment-see below.

 

H.L. Mencken once said:  Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of
the American public.

 

Brian-this comment can wait until you're back on line.  Merry Christmas!

 

So why are we beating this subject to death?

 

Norman Vickers

 

>From: <brian at radiojazz.co.uk>

> The problem surely is that the public - who might be attracted to our
music if they heard it >played well - may out of curiosity go to see Woody
and think it's awful. That could be their >lifelong impression of New
Orleans jazz. The same could be said of some American Music label
>"documentary" recordings which are frankly awful but which do have research
value. Happy >Christmas everyone - I'm now off-list until the 26th. Brian
Harvey